Development of externalizing behaviors in children

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What theories resonate most for you in explaining and understanding the development of externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents? How does this inform your approach to treatment planning?

I believe that the social learning theory is one of the most helpful theories for explaining the development of externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents. This includes both younger children and teenagers.

What are externalizing behaviors in children?
A child or an adult who exhibits externalizing behaviors engages in behaviors that harm others as opposed to lashing out at the self (which are known as internalizing behaviors). 1 Externalizing behaviors include physical aggression, verbal bullying, relational aggression, defiance, theft, and vandalism.
How do you manage externalizing behavior?
Treatment interventions for externalizing behavior include drug therapies, behavior management, psychotherapy and parenting effectiveness programs in order to help manage the behaviors. By seeking treatment now, you can reduce the chance of negative future consequences for your daughter’s behavior.

 

Mechanism of action associated with cocaine

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Which of the following is a mechanism of action associated with cocaine? For example, cocaine acts by binding to the dopamine transporter, blocking the removal of dopamine from the synapse. Dopamine then accumulates in the synapse to produce an amplified signal to the receiving neurons.
It inhibits the reuptake of dopamine.
It decreases 5 HT in the brain, while simultaneously decreasing dopamine.
It decreases 5 HT in the brain, while simultaneously increasing dopamine.
Is cocaine a dopamine agonist or antagonist?
Cocaine is a monoamine transporter blocker and, thus, an indirect agonist of dopamine receptors. Cocaine binds the dopamine transporter (DAT), blocking the protein’s ability to uptake dopamine from the synaptic cleft and also blocking DAT from terminating dopamine signaling.
How does cocaine affect the nervous system quizlet?
Cocaine prevents dopamine from recycling, causing excessive amounts to build up between nerve cells. This flood of dopamine ultimately disrupts normal brain communication and causes cocaine’s high.

The biological basis of personality

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The biological basis of personality is the theory that states that the anatomical structures located in the brain contribute to personality traits. This is derived from neuropsychology, a branch of science that studies how the structure of the brain is related to various psychological processes and behaviors.
What are the three main areas of evidence for the biological basis of human personality?
Based on Hans Eysenck’s theory, there is a biological basis to personality, and Personality differences arise from genetic heritage [62,115]. Eysenck’s model has three super-factors that are independent constructs: extraversion, neuroticism, and Psychoticism.

Emotional and behavioral responses

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Analyze and explain two different developmental stages when confronted with death. Any peer-reviewed, scientific sources are welcomed. I am having trouble finding articles that are 10 years old or younger.
What are the five stages of confronting death?
A Swiss American psychiatrist and pioneer of studies on dying people, Kübler-Ross wrote “On Death and Dying,” the 1969 book in which she proposed the patient-focused, death-adjustment pattern, the “Five Stages of Grief.” Those stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
How does death affect development?
Any death can be difficult for a child, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral responses are common including changes in sleeping pattern or appetite; sad, angry, or anxious feelings; social isolation; persistent thoughts about the death; or feeling the person’s presence nearby.

Inherited cause of intellectual disability

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Intellectual disabilities are most often organic. However, many also have familial origins. Therapy for individuals with intellectual disabilities may include early intervention, behavioral, language, and social skills training, and always requires significant family involvement.

What is the importance of family involvement in therapy, and what is the importance of each of these intervention approaches?

Which is the most common familial cause of intellectual disability?
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability worldwide. It is caused by a mutation of the FMR-1 (fragile-X mental retardation) gene located on the X chromosome.
How are cultural familial and organic intellectual disability different?
Members of this “organic” group often displayed IQs below 50 and co-occurring physical-medical conditions. The second, “cultural-familial” group, mostly showed IQs of 50-70, did not possess co-occurring physical or health problems, and often came from families of lower IQs and lower socioeconomic status.

Healthcare business environment

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What are some problems that can arise with the staff in a healthcare business environment? How can each part of the PERMA Model solve them?
What are the 5 common causes of conflict in health care?
In healthcare, conflicts can arise with patients, families, physician colleagues, other healthcare professionals, administrators, and others. There are 5 main sources of conflict: interpersonal relationships, information, interests, organizational structures and roles, and values and beliefs.
What do you feel are the four 4 biggest challenges facing public health healthcare services in the United States?
The healthcare industry has six big challenges ahead in 2021: rightsizing after the telehealth explosion; adjusting to changing clinical trials; encouraging digital relationships that ease physician burdens; forecasting for an uncertain 2021; reshaping health portfolios for growth; and building a resilient and …

The risk of emotional and behavioral disturbances among children

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Research has estimated that the risk of emotional and behavioral disturbances among children with intellectual disabilities is approximately three to five times greater than among typically developing children (Enfold, Ellis, & Emerson, 2011).

How might intellectual disabilities affect a child’s sense of self-worth and perception of competency as they enter adolescence and young adulthood? What effects might this have on functioning in school, relationships, work, and family?

What are five factors can lead to intellectual and developmental disabilities?
These factors include genetics; parental health and behaviors (such as smoking and drinking) during pregnancy; complications during birth; infections the mother might have during pregnancy or the baby might have very early in life; and exposure of the mother or child to high levels of environmental toxins, such as lead …
When using the DSM-5 What is the level of severity of intellectual disability based on?
The severity of ID is defined by the level of adaptive impairment and the level of support needed. The American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 categorizes adaptive impairment from mild to profound. The AAIDD uses categories of intermittent, limited, extensive, and pervasive.

Disadvantages of Distributive Justice Ethics

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List down the advantages and disadvantages of Distributive Justice Ethics. As well as its proponents
What are some of the arguments of proponents of distributive justice?

In politics

Distributive justice theory argues that societies have a duty to individuals in need and that all individuals have a duty to help others in need. Proponents of distributive justice link it to human rights.

What are the 4 types of distributive justice?
Four theories of justice are discussed: Rawlsian egalitarianism, or justice as fairness; Dworkinian egalitarianism, or equality of resources; Steiner-Vallentyne libertarianism, or common ownership; and Nozickian libertarianism, or entitlements.
What are the different principles used for distributive justice explain briefly with examples.
Distributive justice has been applied to a society when all members are assured of a basic level of goods, an equal opportunity to acquire more goods and receive the same amount of goods for the same amount of work. The major tenets of distributive justice are equality, proportionality and fairness.

 

Factors that influence heroic action

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Which has a more powerful effect on behavior, personality or situation? Questions like these drive social psychologists to find out what’s happening when ordinary people take, for better or worse, extraordinary action.

When details of the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal became publicized in 2004, many were struck by parallels to the Stanford Prison Study. Among them was Dr. Zimbardo, the Stanford psychologist who authored the study 30 years earlier.

These events brought renewed attention to the line between good and evil, showing once again that it’s easier to cross than one might expect. While much of Zimbardo’s early work focused on understanding the psychology of evil, he recently shifted his focus to the nature of heroism.

The following article discusses this work and the various factors that influence heroic action. This discussion will be a regular and video discussion. You will use your textbook, as well as the following videos:

Importance of social bonds

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Hunter Moore made a rational choice to engage in the behavior of revenge porn.  Based on what you have learned on the importance of social bonds and their impact on one’s life, tell me why you think, he did what he did (motivations, rationale, think like an FBI profiler, what is your analysis of his personality profile)?